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Old 08-06-2016, 01:16 PM
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For those who dont know, ZMax is a preformance additive for all cars/trucks. They make 3 different kinds, gas, engine, and transmission. I bought all 3 because my dad always used to. I plan on putting them in today or whenever, but i have a question. They are to be poured directly into the gas/oil. I know where the gas and engine oil goes but where does transmission oil go? I know where its dipstick is, does oil get poured into that?
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thats where you fill the tranny with fluid so im guessing yes
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I didnt know if the trans fluid was inserted there
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In the trash is where I would put it. It's just a snake oil. Only motor oil and trans fluid is what I would put in my engine and tranny. ZMax is nothing more than pure gimmick.

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In the trash is where I would put it. It's just a snake oil. Only motor oil and trans fluid is what I would put in my engine and tranny. ZMax is nothing more than pure gimmick.
I can't vouch for or against ZMax but the implication of your post is that most additives are just snake oil. There are numerous additives that you can get great results from. As long as ZMax has been around now it must be working for someone!
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It's my opinion that additives such as these (claiming gas mileage, etc) are snake oils. Yes, there are good additives out there for certain situations, but I believe the money could be better spent elsewhere.

Check this out.... https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pres...hem-subsidiary

There's also tons of more links if you search.
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i ended up putting it in the trans dipstick tube. worked fine and i have seen true improvement in the performance and that it doesnt hard shift like it used to



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